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Digital assets were already struggling before Wednesday’s selloff, with Bitcoin hitting its lowest level since 2024 last week as investors repositioned their portfolios to prepare for the looming SpaceX IPO.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Gates voluntarily sat for the deposition before the committee on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

In 2018, before they took on their current leadership roles, the pair helped put together a code of conduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Both were wearing life jackets and were safely recovered, along with the kayak, before being returned to shore and handed to Coastguard volunteers.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In Boston twenty years before, the central exhibit had been Phineas himself, alive and seemingly well.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman